Dragon Ball Super: Toei Animators Transform Super Hero Into More Traditional Style

Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero is set to continue the story of the Z-Fighters by placing Gohan and Piccolo into the driver’s seat this time around, as the Red Ribbon Army returns to unleash two new androids upon the world. Now, a gaggle of Toei animators have assembled thanks to the work of one popular Youtuber, with the artists taking the opportunity to imagine what the Shonen film might have looked like had it gone with a more traditional two-dimensional style.   

Super Hero is already out in theaters in Japan, though fans in North America and around the world will have to wait until August of this summer to see the arrival of Gamma 1 and Gamma 2. Unfortunately, because of this fact, spoilers for the next film in Dragon Ball Super are arriving online at a frantic pace, giving many fans an idea of what happens in Super Hero and which characters change as a result of the battle against the Red Ribbon Army. While Dragon Ball Super has yet to announce when, or if, the television series will return, the future of the franchise is certainly set to change astronomically as a result of the summer release.

Youtube Totally Not Mark assembled a number of Toei Animation animators, including the likes of Andie Chu, Barkarott, and Glas, to imagine what the upcoming adventure of Gohan, Piccolo, Pan, and the other Z-Fighters might have looked like if the Shonen movie decided to stick with the animation style of the franchise’s past:

In the pages of the manga, Gohan and Piccolo are currently nowhere to be found in the Granolah The Survivor Arc, the latest arc that has seen a new intergalactic bounty hunter introduced to Dragon Ball Super. With both Goku and Vegeta currently having their hands full battling the strongest member of the criminal organization known as the Heeters, Gas, it will be interesting to see when the major events of Super Hero will be referenced in the story currently being printed in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump.

What do you think of these wild new takes on the characters of Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero? Do you want the series to continue to use a 2-D style for the return of the television show? Feel free to let us know in the comments or hit me up directly on Twitter @EVComedy to talk all things comics, anime, and the world of Dragon Ball.